Chega today accused the foreign minister of disrespecting parliament and BE said Cravinho put his “paw in the puddle” by announcing that the Brazilian president would speak at the Assembly of the Republic on April 25.
“The central issue today is this sad anniversary of the war unleashed by Russia. André Ventura said he regretted not coming to talk about it, I also regret not coming to talk about it,” said only João Gomes Cravinho on the topic , in the thematic debate in parliament on the situation in Ukraine, with a strong applause from the PS bank.
After the minister’s initial intervention, Chega’s leader said he regretted not starting his intervention on Ukraine, apart from Thursday’s announcement by Portuguese Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho in Brasília that Brazil’s President, Lula da Silva, will speak at the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal during the April 25 celebrations.
“When we were here today, the minister wanted to point out the huge disrespect he had yesterday towards this house, this parliament and the huge disrespect towards the majority of Portuguese democrats,” he said, sparking protests in the room provided.
André Ventura said that “if the invitation would embarrass the majority of the Portuguese people”, it is not for the minister to announce “who is speaking in this house”.
“Today the Brazilian press is repeating your announcement, it is embarrassing and it is due to your action. I don’t know if it was to divert attention from something else,” he said, expressing his rejection and challenging the minister to provide further clarification. , that didn’t happen.
In the second and final request for clarification to the minister, the parliamentary leader of the BE, Pedro Filipe Soares, stressed that the most important thing today is “solidarity with Ukraine”, but he also alluded to the subject, albeit to criticize what he said was “a delayed intervention” by Ventura.
“We realized that yesterday the minister dipped his paw in the puddle and talked about what he should not have said and made commitments for which he has no mandate,” he said.
But, he continued, “it will not be the minister’s mess that should prevent a moment that will fill us with pride, namely the reception in parliament” Lula da Silva, which caused a stir in the Chega bank, but also in the PSD.
After the initial announcement, João Gomes Cravinho later stated in a statement to Lusa: “I want to clarify that the Assembly of the Republic is sovereign in the decisions it takes”.
An official source from the Office of the President of the Assembly of the Republic (PAR), Augusto Santos Silva, told Lusa that he will only decide on the agenda for the solemn ceremony “in due time” and after hearing the conference. session on April 25. of leaders.
“According to the Rules, the agenda is set by the PAR after hearing the Conference of Leaders and it will be done in due course with regard to the sessions to be held in the second half of April,” replied Santos Silva’s office. , without further explanation. .
The announcement of the MNO sparked protests from Chega and IL on Thursday and overnight the PSD said it would not accept Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva, speaking in the Assembly of the Republic at its April 25 formal session. .
Source: DN
